As climate change intensifies drought, heat and rainfall variability across Africa, scientists from across the continent are being invited to India for a funded, three-month advanced training programme on millets and other ancient grains — crops with growing importance for climate resilience, nutrition and food security.
Author: Markel Zilla
Africa’s worsening floods, droughts and heatwaves are increasingly being described as “loss and damage” from climate change.
Africa faces a vast shortfall in the finance needed to adapt to climate change. Although the continent is among the lowest contributors to the greenhouse gas emissions, climate impacts are already affecting food production, water security, livelihoods and economic activity. Droughts, floods and other extreme events are compounding food insecurity and displacement in already vulnerable…
Those words sprung to mind when I first met a Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) after traversing the maze of wooden slatted paths at the conservation centre in the dense, humid forests of Malaysian Borneo.
Climate change could make a number of infectious diseases worse. I expected malaria would be one of them.
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When rhinos, elephants, gorillas and other endangered wildlife are pushed to near extinction, cutting-edge solutions are needed.
Across Africa, the Africa Wildlife Foundation (AWF) works with local partners to advance conservation that is locally led, inclusive and responsive to community priorities. In Kidepo, these partnerships strengthen community participation, livelihoods, and coexistence between people and wildlife.
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